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A powerful adjustment that is used in both photography and video is curves. Curves allow you to make gradual changes that let you define your own range, unlike sliders. How can you utilize curves? In this movie, author Richard Harrington demonstrates how to use curves when adjusting color and exposure for footage in Adobe Premiere Pro.

- A powerful adjustment for both photography and video…is curves.…Curves allows you to make gradual changes.…Rather than using sliders with predefined ranges,…a curve let's you define your own range.…Let's go the project panel…and go up a level,…and we'll go down to bin four…and hold down the modifier key,…and double click.…Let's start with sequence four dot one,…and I'll click the sequence menu here,…and close the other timeline panels.…

If we take a look at this,…you'll see a before clip,…and an after clip.…If you look at the adjustment,…you'll see the change.…Let's double click here.…In this case,…a curve has been applied.…You'll see that a small change has happened…in the footage.…Essentially, the lower end is the black point,…and the higher end is the white point.…Here's the mid tones.…You'll notice the curve offers a grid.…

Ideally, if you add a point,…you'll keep it in the same, relative position…as you drag up.…Otherwise, you can introduce shift in the color.…So, let's take the starting clip here.…Here, you'll notice if we click in the center…

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3/28/2017

Even under the best lighting conditions, your footage can have exposure problems. The command to "just fix it in post" is possible to fulfill with the right post-production tools and techniques. This course shows you how to correct issues and improve video with Premiere Pro. Rich Harrington explores various methods for fixing video exposure problems: using effects, adjustment layers, toning, and more. For more complicated footage problems or an extra boost, Rich shows you how to use the more advanced specialized tools in After Effects. Note that these steps based on the capabilities of the Creative Cloud features, but most techniques will also work in older versions of the programs.

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